Monday Workshops Middle School

Enduring Understandings:

1) Teachers can cultivate student voice as an effective measure of learning.

2) Educational technology can facilitate student voice via opportunities
for differentiation (learning styles, Gardner's MI, etc.).

3) Effective instruction is fostered by faculty's, students' and parents'
common vocabulary and shared values on a school-by-school basis.

Reflection Session 1
Reflection Session 2
Reflection Session 3

Link to SLA student videos.

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Link to reflection forms:

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3

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Speaker Biographical Information:

Chris Lehmann –
clehmann [at] scienceleadership [dot] org

Chris is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. Chris has returned to his native Philadelphia after nine years as an English Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Girls Basketball Coach and Ultimate Frisbee coach at the Beacon School in New York City, one of the leading urban public schools for technology integration.

Gamal Sherif –
gsherif [at] scienceleadership [dot] org

Gamal is a veteran teacher and administrator who has worked for the School District of Philadelphia, with independent and in the charter school movement. He has run his own consulting group, Progress-Ed, and he has worked with many schools on curriculum mapping and educational design.

Marcie Hull -
mhull [at] scienceleadership [dot] org
Marcie is the Technology Coordinator, fine arts teacher and technology teacher for the Science Leadership Academy (SLA), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her fine arts training along with obtaining her K-12 art teaching certificate and art history minor at Temple’s, Tyler School of Art. A year spent in Italy after college gained her more experience with paint and paining techniques. Marcie returned home and began working for the School District of Philadelphia in 2000. She quickly became a Technology Teacher Leader and developed a reputation as a proponent for technology development in her school for teachers and students. She was able to finish her masters for Technology in Education at Rosemont College in a year and a half. During this time Marcie also obtained a K-12 Pennsylvania Business Technology certification. She went on to become an adjunct professor for Rosemont College, in their Technology in Education Department. Spring of 2006 Marcie was hired and became part of the founding staff of SLA. Spring of 2008 Marcie became a Keystone teacher. She currently writes a blog located at www.ecram3.blogspot.com, where she reflects upon the development of SLA and posts her thoughts and opinions about trends in education.